Zi'an hissed and signaled Xiaosun not to say anything. She felt that just this little bit of Datura, even if it was concentrated and soaked, would not have such a strong effect on her.
She slowly separated the spices in the sachet and found that in addition to Datura, there was also a kind of powder. This powder had a variety of colors and was ground very finely. It was as delicate as pearl powder but had color. When she picked it up and smelled it, it had a smell of sulfur.
She said to Xiaosun, "Bring me a glass of water."
Xiaosun knew that Zi'an had an idea, so he quickly poured a glass of water into a porcelain cup and handed it to Zi'an.
Zi'an put the powder into the water and stirred it. The water in the cup swirled and the powder melted quickly.
She separated the remaining ones with cloth, and breathed lightly on the powder, and the powder actually floated away.
Zi'an understood that these dust-like powders could fly out of the sachet, and when she moved, the powders would float out and be inhaled into her nose.
Because she was tired and listless, she often took the sachet to smell it. Because she had never thought that the sachet had been tampered with, she did not pay close attention to the smell of the sachet. The smell of mugwort and mint was strong, and the fragrance of datura was covered up. Therefore, if you didn't smell it carefully, you couldn't smell it.
She didn't know what the powder was made of, but she thought it must be the combination with Datura that would cause her to have hallucinations and become drowsy.
"Why does this look so much like Wu Shi San?" Nanny Yang suddenly said.
Zi'an's face turned cold, "Five Stone Powder?"
It is made of bell milk, sulfur, white quartz, purple quartz and red stone. However, the effect of Wu Shi San is not to make people sleepy, but to make people energetic.
Madam Yang took a look and was a little unsure, "It looks like it, but it also looks like it's not. I've only seen it once. Some young masters in the folks used this kind of thing the most. It seems that the color doesn't match."
If the colors don't match, then it could be the improved Wu Shi San.
"Xiao Sun, ask Rouyao to come over immediately. Also, ask her to invite a few trustworthy doctors, the ones who treated zombie patients with her in Shitou Village. Remember, don't let it spread." Zi'an said.
Xiaosun knew the seriousness of the matter and nodded quickly, "I'll go right away."
Matron Yang said in a hateful voice: "If I knew who did this, I would make sure she died a miserable death."
Zi'an said, "Mammy, can you check all my belongings to see if anyone has tampered with anything?"
When Nanny Yang was reminded by her, she hurried to check the rouge, powder, and spice petals for bathing on the dressing table.
She took out a box of rouge and felt something strange inside.
Most of Zi'an's clothes were taken out to dry by Xiaosun, so there should be nothing suspicious about the clothes.
Nanny Yang carefully checked the bed, the pillow, and the tea can.
She had been in the palace for many years and knew a lot of such tricks. She was very upset that she had been drugged right under her nose without even knowing it.
Apart from the box of rouge, nothing else was found.
"Princess, do you think the color of this rouge is wrong?" Nanny Yang handed it over.
Zi'an took a closer look and found that the rouge powder was also very fine, but if you look closely, you can see a little bit of light blue and white mixed in it.
"There is rouge too!" Zi'an said in a deep voice.
Yang Ma's face twitched, her eyes flashed with fire, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, who is this person who has such great magical powers?"
Zi'an said, "There has been a big change in the mansion recently... Many people have been replaced. I have had people investigate those brought by the boy, and there is nothing suspicious. Two of the four maids from the palace have been sent away, leaving Nanny Sun and Nanny Chen, and Ming Siji. Ming Siji was sent to Lan Ruo Pavilion and cannot come near me. Nanny Chen and Nanny Sun went to the yard and the storeroom..."
When Zi'an said this, he suddenly looked at the rouge box and asked, "Did I bring this rouge in after I came back from Beimo?"
"Yes, I threw away the previous ones because I was afraid that someone might tamper with them. Besides, I have been in the Northern Desert for so long and those things have not been used for a long time, so I replaced them with new ones."
"Who did you send to the storeroom?"
Madam Yang's eyes widened in anger. "Madam Sun, she is also responsible for the distribution of daily necessities. She never handles valuable things. I think she put the medicine in the rouge box. I will go and grab her now."
Zi'an stretched out his hand and pressed it, "No, no, calm down for a moment!"
She closed her rouge and said calmly, "You can make some arrangements and say that she does her job carefully and can serve in my room. Also, you can pick two or three more maids to send over with her, and they will also serve in my room, to serve as an example and teach her the rules."
Nanny Yang said, "Now that you know she's up to something, why do you still invite her to serve you in your room? I'm afraid we can't guard against it, it's too dangerous."
Nanny Yang knew that Zi'an was going to catch him directly, but that was too dangerous. It would be better to just capture him and send him away. At least, she would be safe in the future.
Zi'an shook his head and said, "She was sent by the Empress Dowager after all. If she doesn't have an explanation, she will refuse to admit it, which will make it difficult for the prince to live. Now that the prince has returned with merit, he should avoid being in the spotlight. Although the Empress Dowager can't make a fuss, it's better to avoid being caught by someone with ulterior motives."
"But this Nanny Sun was sent by the Empress Dowager. She must have ordered this."
"No!" Zi'an shook his head again, "You are wrong. It can't be the Queen Mother. She is not that confused. She sent the people out. If something goes wrong, she cannot escape responsibility. It is possible that she would play some tricks, but she would not poison anyone."
"Not her? Then who could it be? Those two people were sent by her." Nanny Yang asked in confusion.
"She sent them out, but these two people are not close to her. This Madam Sun is from the Shangqin Bureau."
"Princess, are you saying that this Nanny Sun was instructed by someone else?"
"Um!"
Nanny Yang immediately filtered out all the people in the palace who might harm Zi'an. Apart from Concubine Yi, she couldn't think of anyone else.
Zi'an thought the same, so she wanted to arrest Nanny Sun on the spot.
Rouyao brought several doctors with her. Xiaosun did not tell the details on the way because Zi'an asked him to keep it secret. When Rouyao saw that Xiaosun did not say anything, she thought that Zi'an was sick again, and hurriedly called the doctors together according to Zi'an's instructions.
After entering Hexu Garden, she lifted the curtain and saw no one, so she asked, "What's wrong? Is it serious?"
But he saw Zi'an sitting upright on the chair, looking very energetic. "Didn't you say you were sick?"
Zi'an shook his head, "No, I have something important to talk to you about."
Rouyao called the doctors in, and Nanny Yang immediately went out to guard the door, not allowing anyone to approach.
"Look, what kind of powder is this?" Zi'an picked out the powder from the spices and showed it to Rouyao.
Rouyao took a closer look and smelled it, but she didn't dare to smell it hard for fear of inhaling the powder.
She frowned. "It smells like sulfur."
"Also, this rouge!" Zi'an pushed it over.
(End of this chapter)